Richard Blumenthal won with 55.2% of the vote (636,040 votes), ahead of Linda E. McMahon with 43.2% (498,341 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 11.9 percentage points (137,699 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 11.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 18.2 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
1,153,115 votes were counted in this race, for 6 candidates or options.
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